15,000-Pound Fruit Salad Breaks World Record

What better way to start off the school year than by making (and
eating) a gargantuan fruit salad? According to the Associated Press, the University of Massachusetts has a unique food tradition. The school prepares something healthy every year before classes begin — something that also happens to break a Guinness World Record.

Yesterday the
school focused on fruit salad — 15,000 pounds of it to be exact. The dish was
made in a swimming pool with a diameter of 15 feet. The recipe called for 20
different kinds of apples weighing a total of 3,600 pounds, 19 types of melon
weighing 2,500 pounds, plus peaches, bananas, oranges, and berries for some
variety. The school also added some exotic excitement to the salad by using
quinces, passion fruit, and rambutans.